<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
or	O
simply	O
WEP	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
16-bit	B-Device
casual	O
computer	O
games	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
four	O
Entertainment	B-Application
Packs	I-Application
released	O
between	O
1990	O
and	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
games	O
were	O
somewhat	O
unusual	O
for	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
not	O
run	O
under	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
a	O
compilation	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
four	O
Entertainment	B-Application
Packs	I-Application
were	O
released	O
called	O
The	O
Best	B-Application
of	I-Application
Microsoft	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
advertised	O
Entertainment	B-Application
Packs	I-Application
for	O
casual	O
gaming	O
on	O
office	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minesweeper	B-Application
from	O
pack	O
1	O
was	O
later	O
bundled	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
and	O
FreeCell	B-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinChess	O
and	O
Taipei	B-Application
,	O
both	O
written	O
by	O
David	O
Norris	O
,	O
received	O
remakes	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
called	O
Chess	B-Application
Titans	I-Application
and	O
Mahjong	B-Application
Titans	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mahjong	B-Application
Titans	I-Application
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Mahjong	I-Application
in	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Solitaire	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
versions	O
of	O
Tut	O
's	O
Tomb	O
(	O
as	O
Pyramid	O
)	O
and	O
TriPeaks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Best	B-Application
of	I-Application
Microsoft	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
13	O
games	O
from	O
previous	O
Entertainment	B-Application
Packs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2001	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
August	O
2001	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
“	O
Entry	O
Business	O
”	O
team	O
,	O
whose	O
job	O
was	O
to	O
make	O
Windows	B-Application
more	O
appealing	O
to	O
homes	O
and	O
small	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
had	O
"	O
almost	O
no	O
budget	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
major	O
video	O
game	O
publishers	O
got	O
involved	O
because	O
they	O
doubted	O
Windows	B-Application
 '	O
legitimacy	O
as	O
a	O
gaming	O
platform	O
;	O
therefore	O
Ryan	O
compiled	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
that	O
Windows	B-Application
employees	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
in	O
their	O
spare	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
FreeCell	I-Application
developer	O
Jim	O
Horne	O
,	O
the	O
packs	O
were	O
not	O
copy	B-Application
protected	I-Application
so	O
customers	O
could	O
distribute	O
copies	O
to	O
friends	O
,	O
to	O
encourage	O
using	O
Windows	B-Application
for	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
the	O
Gamesampler	O
,	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
Entertainment	B-Application
Pack	I-Application
small	O
enough	O
to	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
high-density	O
disk	O
,	O
was	O
shipped	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
eleventh	O
disk	O
added	O
to	O
a	O
ten-pack	O
of	O
Verbatim	O
blank	O
3.5	O
"	O
microfloppy	O
diskettes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
on	O
the	O
sampler	O
included	O
Jezzball	B-Application
,	O
Rodent	B-Application
's	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
,	O
Tetris	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Skifree	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
games	O
being	O
16-bit	B-Device
run	O
on	O
modern	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
but	O
not	O
on	O
64-bit	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
ended	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
copies	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
source	O
code	O
which	O
leaked	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Cruel	B-Application
,	O
Golf	O
,	O
Pegged	B-Application
,	O
Reversi	O
,	O
Snake	O
(	O
Rattler	B-Application
Race	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Taipei	B-Application
and	O
TicTactics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
FreeCell	B-Application
and	O
Minesweeper	B-Application
have	O
had	O
official	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
bundled	O
even	O
with	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
game	O
developers	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
SkiFree	B-Application
,	O
TriPeaks	B-Application
,	O
and	O
WordZap	B-Application
now	O
offer	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third	O
party	O
developers	O
have	O
also	O
created	O
32-bit	O
freeware	O
clones	O
of	O
Klotski	O
,	O
TetraVex	O
,	O
Rodent	B-Application
's	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
,	O
Tetris	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Taipei	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
Trends	O
noted	O
,	O
"	O
For	O
many	O
,	O
the	O
simple	O
but	O
enjoyable	O
games	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
Entertainment	B-Application
Pack	I-Application
provided	O
a	O
first	O
taste	O
of	O
early	O
PC	O
gaming	O
and	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
gateway	O
to	O
more	O
complex	O
classics.	O
"	O
</s>
